Excerpt from The Psychology of Conviction: A Study of Beliefs and AttitudesAs a consequence, though we share a common order of reasoning and a common human nature, we reach very different conclusions, approach the same prob lems in different attitudes, with difierent inclinations. Yet equally are we affected by the beliefs of others. Conviction is a social process, follows
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However, most wrongful conviction studies focus on the causes of miscarriages of justice;9 those that address psychological is-sues focus on the psychology behind these causes'0 and the atti-tudes that other people hold about wrongful conviction and individuals who have been wrongfully convicted.
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